Mini Cooper

The Mini Cooper is a subcompact car originally marketed by Austin and later by Cooper. It was marketed in the fifties and sixties, and revived decades later under the Mini brand by BMW. The modern version has been criticized for being larger than the original and coming in an even larger five-door version. The original competed in the Trans Am Series under two liter class, while the modern Mini Cooper competes in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and Pirelli World Challenge. A film entitled The Italian Job features a group of Italian mobsters attempting a gold heist using Mini Coopers. A modern version was created decades later using the revived model. The Mini Cooper competed in the early years of IMSA GT.